Détails du livre
Format
Kindle
Pages
32
Langue
Anglais
Publié
Jan 2, 2018
Description
The Canterville Ghost is a famous 1887 novella by way of Oscar Wilde, broadly tailored for the screen and level.
“The Canterville Ghost” is a parody offering a dramatic spirit named Sir Simon and the us minister (ambassador) to the court of St. James's, Hiram B. Otis. Mr. Otis travels to England together with his family and movements right into a haunted u . s . a . house. Lord Canterville, the previous owner of the house, warns Mr. Otis that the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville has haunted it ever due to the fact that he killed his wife, Eleonore, 3 centuries before. but Mr. Otis dismisses the ghost tale as bunk and disregards Lord Canterville’s warnings. when the Otises analyze that the residence is indeed haunted, they reach victimizing the ghost and in dismissing age-old British traditions. What emerges is a satire of american materialism, a lampoon of traditional British values, and an amusing twist at the conventional gothic horror story.
“The Canterville Ghost” is a parody offering a dramatic spirit named Sir Simon and the us minister (ambassador) to the court of St. James's, Hiram B. Otis. Mr. Otis travels to England together with his family and movements right into a haunted u . s . a . house. Lord Canterville, the previous owner of the house, warns Mr. Otis that the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville has haunted it ever due to the fact that he killed his wife, Eleonore, 3 centuries before. but Mr. Otis dismisses the ghost tale as bunk and disregards Lord Canterville’s warnings. when the Otises analyze that the residence is indeed haunted, they reach victimizing the ghost and in dismissing age-old British traditions. What emerges is a satire of american materialism, a lampoon of traditional British values, and an amusing twist at the conventional gothic horror story.